Journal Information

Journal of Animal Behaviour and Biometeorology (ISSN 2318-1265) is an international peer-reviewed open-access journal devoted to publishing papers about Animal Biometeorology, Animal Behaviour, and Animal Welfare, published quarterly online by Malque Publishing.

International Indexing: Web of Science (ESCI), Scopus and SCImago Journal Rank, CAB International, Google Scholar, AGRIS, ASFA, Latindex, among others.

Agile and Efficient Peer-Review: manuscripts are peer-reviewed and a first decision is provided to authors approximately 30 days after submission (2022).

Open Access free for readers, with Article Processing Charge (APC) paid by authors or their institutions. 

Acceptance rate (2022): 44% 

 Journal Metrics

• NEW! Impact factor (Clarivate Analytics, 2022): 2.1
• Journal Citation Indicator (Clarivate Analytics, 2022): 0.51
• CiteScore (2022): 2.8
• CiteScoreTracker 2023: 3.9
• SNIP 2022: 0.611
• SJR (2022): 0.351
• Cites/Doc in last 2 years (Scimago Journal Rank, 2022): 2.19
• Google Scholar h-index: 20
• Google Scholar i10-index: 66
• Google Scholar Citations: 2,205 (2013-2023)

Latest articles

Surviving heat: Resilience of Nellore bulls to solar radiation exposure
Mateus Medeiros dos Santos, João Batista Freire Souza-Junior, Thibério de Souza Castelo, João Paulo Araújo Fernandes de Queiroz, Leonardo Lelis de Macedo Costa
Available online: August 26, 2023

Human disturbance affects behavioural time allocation in a fiddler crab (Austruca annulipes) in Southern Thailand
Anantanit Chumsri, Fahmida Wazed Tina, Areerat Vongkok, Malinee Chinnanon, Nipaporn Chuaytanee, Amornrat Angajchariya, Chutinut Sujarit
Available online: August 12, 2023

Analyzing White-rumped Vulture breeding behavior using Markovian modeling
Ramji Gautam, Bishnu Gautam, Yusuke Noda, Jerrold L. Belant, Hari Prasad Sharma
Available online: August 2, 2023

Most cited articles

1. Physiological adaptability of livestock to heat stress: an updated review 126 citations (Rashamol et al. 2018)

2. Infrared thermal image for assessing animal health and welfare 108 citations (Nääs et al. 2014)

3. Effects of human-animal relationship on animal productivity and welfare 101 citations (Mota-Rojas et al. 2020)

4. Hypothermia in newly born piglets: Mechanisms of thermoregulation and pathophysiology of death 62 citations (Villanueva-García et al. 2021)

5. Brown Swiss cows are more heat resistant than Holstein cows under hot summer conditions of the continental climate of Ukraine 60 citations (Mylostyvyi et al.  2021)                       

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